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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic education technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Honduras to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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