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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions have to consider today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like South Ossetia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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