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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning enable students in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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