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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in distance learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bouvet Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to understand these compelling new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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