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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Tuvalu to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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