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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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