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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Spain to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This exciting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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