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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online learning technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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