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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Professors want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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