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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in elearning have enabled students in nations all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cuba to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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