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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning technology are empowering learners all around the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open education initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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