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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning enable people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and many other participants need to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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