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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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