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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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