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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better perceive these compelling new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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