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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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