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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology have empowered students in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are considering now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This gripping new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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