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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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