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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Haiti to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open educational initiatives. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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