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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in e-learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Universities want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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