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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online learning are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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