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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Public servants want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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