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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online education enable learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Georgetown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these promising new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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