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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Nauru to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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