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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic education technology enable students all around the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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