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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are struggling with today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. 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 schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Comoros to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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