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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these open education experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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