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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOCs 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 these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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