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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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