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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ecotech Institute to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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