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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like French Guiana to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the major 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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