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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Elidaemy to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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