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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in electronic educational technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Seychelles to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these significant new open educational ventures. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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