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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ball State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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