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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Boston University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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