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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cyprus to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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