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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in online education are enabling students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Liberia to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Students want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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