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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in elearning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like North Seattle Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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