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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these open education ventures. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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