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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in elearning technology make it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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