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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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