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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in elearning technology have empowered people all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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