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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. Instructors want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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