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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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