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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational ventures. Students want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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