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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in online education are making it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Midway Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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