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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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