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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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