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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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