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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in electronic education technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Vatican City to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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