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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgetown University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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