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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Students want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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