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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology make it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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