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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational ventures. Universities want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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