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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in online learning technology enable people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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