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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Scientists want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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