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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Corporations want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the major 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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