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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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