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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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