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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning are empowering students all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing 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 teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Students want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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