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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in e-learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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