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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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