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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in e-learning have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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