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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in online learning are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cyprus to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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