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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in electronic educational technology have empowered learners all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Scottsdale Community College to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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