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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education make it possible for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Zambia to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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