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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in elearning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Chile to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open education ventures. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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