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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education have enabled students in nations all aver the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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