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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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