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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in e-learning enable humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cook Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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