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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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