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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate 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 mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Vanuatu to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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