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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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