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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are struggling with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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