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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning make it possible for students all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Brazil to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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