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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Universities want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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