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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guadeloupe to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these significant new open educational ventures. Universities want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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