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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in learning technology make it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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