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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Meetup to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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