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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Syria to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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