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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in elearning are enabling learners all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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