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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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