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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. 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. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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