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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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