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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology have empowered students in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to understand these new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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