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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in elearning technology enable students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations have to consider now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also reviews 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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