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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these compelling new open education undertakings. Trainers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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