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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Namibia to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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