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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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