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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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