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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in digital education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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