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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in online courses. 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. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ireland to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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