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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Emory University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open educational undertakings. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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