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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning technology have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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