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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Christmas Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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