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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online education are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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