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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic educational technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Wake Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the most important 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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