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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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