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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Academics want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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