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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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