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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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