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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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