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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are considering now that 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 stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better understand these open education experiments. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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