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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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