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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic educational technology make it possible for people all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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