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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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