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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Nauru to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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