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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic education technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Mexico to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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