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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are considering today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Togo to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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