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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in elearning technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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