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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning are enabling humans all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational ventures. Public servants want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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