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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these exciting new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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