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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Jarvis Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to be more aware of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Educators want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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