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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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