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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these compelling new open education initiatives. Professors want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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