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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johnston Atoll to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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