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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in digital education technology have empowered learners all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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