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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in e-learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Jarvis Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Trainers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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