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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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