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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like San Diego State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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