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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Researchers want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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