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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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