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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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