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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to understand these promising new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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