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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology enable learners all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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