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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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