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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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