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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online education technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these intriguing new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this crescive demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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