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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in e-learning enable people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational initiatives. Students want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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