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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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