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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in online education technology are enabling students all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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