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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in elearning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these compelling new open educational ventures. Professors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the major 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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