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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Guernsey to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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