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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in e-learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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