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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like The Ohio State University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open education endeavours. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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