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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning are making it possible for learners all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This amazing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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