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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology make it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Clemson University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these open educational undertakings. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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