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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like China, People's Republic of to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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