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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these new open educational endeavours. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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