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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in electronic educational technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations must deal with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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