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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better understand these compelling new open educational ventures. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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