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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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