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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in electronic educational technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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