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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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