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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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