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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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