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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Academics want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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