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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online learning are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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