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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning enable students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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