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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. People want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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