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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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