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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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