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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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