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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in e-learning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Scientists want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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