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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Slovakia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these significant new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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