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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in online education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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