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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Netherlands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better understand these intriguing new open education initiatives. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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