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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in e-learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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