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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also talks about the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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