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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Clemson University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other participants would like to understand these new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also articulates the 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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