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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these exciting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the key 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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