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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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