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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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