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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in e-learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cuba to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Academics want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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