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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mexico to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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