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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in elearning are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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