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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in elearning are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Students want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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