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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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