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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning enable students in nations all aver the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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