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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning have made it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Johnston Atoll to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. People want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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