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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning have provided the means for humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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