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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Tonga to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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