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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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