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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in online courses. 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. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Singapore to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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