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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Slovakia to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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