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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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