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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic education technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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