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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in elearning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these intriguing new open educational ventures. Universities want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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