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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in e-learning technology enable people all over the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Saint Pierre and Miquelon to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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