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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in electronic educational technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Somalia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to understand these significant new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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