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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Aland to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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