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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Ecotech Institute to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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