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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Kenya to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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