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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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