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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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