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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning enable people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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