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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cyprus to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open education initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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