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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these compelling new open education endeavours. Professors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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