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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in online education have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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