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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. 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. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Guatemala to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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