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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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