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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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