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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning make it possible for learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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