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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic educational technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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