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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open educational initiatives. Students want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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