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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these open education ventures. People want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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