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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Costa Rica to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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