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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Educators want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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