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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in e-learning enable people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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