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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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