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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Samoa to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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