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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better understand these fascinating new open education endeavours. Trainers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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