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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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