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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these significant new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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