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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Scottsdale Community College to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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