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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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