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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also reviews 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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