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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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