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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Students want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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