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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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