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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in distance learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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