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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better perceive these fascinating new open education ventures. Teachers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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