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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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