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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in e-learning technology enable humans all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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