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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education are enabling students all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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