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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in electronic education technology enable students in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other participants want to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. 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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