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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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