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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to understand these important new open education undertakings. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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