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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peninsula College to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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