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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Maldives to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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