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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic education technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are considering today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like El Salvador to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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