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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sri Lanka to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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