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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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