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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Laos to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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