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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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