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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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