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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Slovenia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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