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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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