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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in digital education technology enable people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Liechtenstein to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Universities want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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