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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Hungary to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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