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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online education have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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