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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Venezuela to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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