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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education have made it possible for people all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johnston Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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