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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Students want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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