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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in e-learning enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better grasp these intriguing new open education endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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