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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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