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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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