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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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