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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in online learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Suriname to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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