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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in e-learning enable people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like China, People's Republic of to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open education endeavours. Educators want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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