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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these important new open education initiatives. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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