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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bulgaria to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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