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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in elearning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Aland to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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