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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Morocco to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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