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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning have made it possible for students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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