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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are empowering students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these open education initiatives. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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