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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in e-learning have empowered people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also addresses 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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