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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Scottsdale Community College to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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