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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Estonia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open educational endeavours. People want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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