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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in e-learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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