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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning make it possible for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. 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 good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these important new open education undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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