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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better grasp these open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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