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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are considering more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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