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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Vanuatu to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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