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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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