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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic educational technology are enabling students all around the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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