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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning enable humans all over the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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