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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in elearning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to understand these interesting new open education undertakings. Trainers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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