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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Korea, North to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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