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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions must deal with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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