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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning enable students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Seattle Central Community College to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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