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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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