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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education initiatives. Public servants want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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