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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning are enabling people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Wellesley College to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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