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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in elearning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to understand these interesting new open education undertakings. People want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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