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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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