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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other participants desire to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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