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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in elearning are enabling students all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Tokelau to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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