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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning enable people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Bermuda to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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