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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online education technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Santa Clara University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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