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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education technology are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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