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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education are empowering humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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