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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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