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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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