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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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