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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in e-learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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