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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning are enabling students all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Tonga to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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