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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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