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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving 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 teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these fascinating new open education undertakings. Students want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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