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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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