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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in digital education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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