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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in elearning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions must deal with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Panama to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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