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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also studies the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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