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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are considering today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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