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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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