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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning technology make it possible for students in nations all around the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mongolia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these compelling new open education initiatives. Professors want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the 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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