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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Estonia to conduct these MOOC courses? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open educational ventures. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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