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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in elearning technology are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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