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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic educational technology enable learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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