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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in electronic education technology enable people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Honduras to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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