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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in elearning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Scientists want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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