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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in electronic education technology have empowered students all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like American College of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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