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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning enable people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better perceive these open educational undertakings. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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