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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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