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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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