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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online learning make it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these fascinating new open education ventures. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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