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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guam to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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