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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Aruba to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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