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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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