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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education have empowered learners all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Broward College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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