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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Spain to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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