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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning technology have empowered humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mongolia to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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