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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Instructors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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