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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education enable learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Isle of Man to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better understand these important new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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