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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning enable humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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