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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Vietnam to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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