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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better grasp these exciting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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