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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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