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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Afghanistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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