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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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