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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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