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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Chile to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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