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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Arizona State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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