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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online education technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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