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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in e-learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Nauru to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also examines the key 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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