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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in electronic educational technology have enabled learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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