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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in e-learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Micronesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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