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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ross Dependency to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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