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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in electronic education technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Everyone wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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