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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in e-learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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