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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Aland to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to understand these significant new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews 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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