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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning make it possible for humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cook Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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