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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these significant new open education ventures. Universities want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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