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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning are enabling learners all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Togo to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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