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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education are making it possible for people all over the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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