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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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