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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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