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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning are making it possible for learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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