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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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