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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in e-learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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