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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. 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 MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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