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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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