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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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