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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Korea, South to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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