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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology enable learners in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. People want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also studies 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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