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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peru to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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