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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Howland Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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