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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Trainers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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