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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better perceive these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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