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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in e-learning technology have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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