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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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