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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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