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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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