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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Uruguay to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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