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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education make it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Clipperton Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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