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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in elearning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. 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 typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Reunion to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Educators want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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