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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning make it possible for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like The Ohio State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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