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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning have enabled learners all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are considering now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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