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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in learning technology enable students in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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