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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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