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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in electronic educational technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Professors want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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