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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cayman Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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