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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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