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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning are empowering students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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