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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in electronic education technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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