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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in e-learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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