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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education enable people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Japan to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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