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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Ireland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these promising new open education ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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