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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Trainers want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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