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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning enable learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOCs? How can we deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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