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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cyprus to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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