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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Georgetown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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