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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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