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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Students want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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