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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology have empowered people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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