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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online learning enable people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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