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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning enable learners all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. People want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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