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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in elearning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Greece to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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