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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning are empowering students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Guernsey to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Scholars want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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