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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Isle of Man to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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