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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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