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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Clemson University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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