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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these compelling new open education endeavours. Trainers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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