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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online education enable learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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