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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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