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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Maldives to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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