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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Bolivia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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