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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in online learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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