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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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