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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Santa Clara University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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