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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Students want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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