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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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