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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in e-learning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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