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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kingman Reef to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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