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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in e-learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Dominican Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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