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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in elearning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mayotte to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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