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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Mozambique to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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