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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Guam to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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