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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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