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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Samoa to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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