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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Iceland to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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