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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in online learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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