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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in elearning enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. People want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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