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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning enable people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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