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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in electronic education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Emory University to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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