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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in electronic educational technology have enabled students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Christmas Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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