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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in online learning enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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