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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peninsula College to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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