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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic educational technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cook Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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