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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning technology enable people all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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