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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ireland to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these new open education ventures. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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