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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online learning have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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