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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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