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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in elearning enable students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Clemson University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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