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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education are enabling humans all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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