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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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