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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Colombia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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