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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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