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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like American College of Education to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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