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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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