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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in e-learning have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Argentina to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open education ventures. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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