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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning technology have empowered students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open educational ventures. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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