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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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