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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Vatican City to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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