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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online learning have enabled people all over the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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