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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Universities want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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