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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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