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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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