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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Madagascar to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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