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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning are empowering people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better comprehend these open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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