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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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