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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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