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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in online education technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Togo to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this expanding need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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