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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology make it possible for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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