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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in elearning are empowering people all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peninsula College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Educators want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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