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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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