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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Guernsey to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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