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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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