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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in e-learning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also researches the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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