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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in electronic educational technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Howland Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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