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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education have enabled people all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to know how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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