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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Micronesia to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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