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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in elearning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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