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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning are empowering people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important 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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