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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Educators want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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