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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education are enabling people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Japan to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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