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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in elearning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Santa Clara University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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