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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online education technology are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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