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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic educational technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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