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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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