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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning have made it possible for students all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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