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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better understand these compelling new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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