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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in electronic education technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This gripping new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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