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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online learning are empowering students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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