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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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