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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ecuador to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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