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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these open education undertakings. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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