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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Italy to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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