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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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