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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Belgium to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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