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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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