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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Corporations want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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