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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Davidson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these intriguing new open educational ventures. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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