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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in learning technology enable learners all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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