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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education enable people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Researchers want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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