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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Professors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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