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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Vanuatu to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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