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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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