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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in e-learning have empowered students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Educators want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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