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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online learning technology enable humans all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Madagascar to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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