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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are considering now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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