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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The New School to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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