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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in elearning have enabled people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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