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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in e-learning enable people all around the world to participate in courses online. 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. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Ascension to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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