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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Netherlands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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