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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in elearning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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