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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Vietnam to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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