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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Professors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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