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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education endeavours. Scientists want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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