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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Midway Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the key 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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