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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are considering today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Academics want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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