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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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