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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning have provided the means for humans all over the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Vanuatu to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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