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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Romania to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Academics want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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