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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like China, People's Republic of to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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