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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic education technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rutgers University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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