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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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