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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in learning technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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