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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in elearning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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