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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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