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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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