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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning have enabled students all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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