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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these significant new open educational ventures. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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