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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in electronic educational technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these significant new open education initiatives. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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