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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. 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. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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