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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online learning have empowered people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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