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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in online learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. 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. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these open educational endeavours. People want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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