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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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