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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning enable students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also describes 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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