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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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