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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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