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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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