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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Researchers want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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