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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning enable people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Academics want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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