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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in e-learning are enabling humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Morocco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these new open education ventures. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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