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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in online learning enable humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better understand these new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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