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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Palau to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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