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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in elearning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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