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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology enable students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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