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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning are enabling humans all over the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Honduras to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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