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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning enable people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Vietnam to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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