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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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