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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take online classes. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students guarantee 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 teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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