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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in e-learning technology make it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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