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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in e-learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this growing desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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