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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning technology enable learners all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better perceive these significant new open educational endeavours. People want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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