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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in learning technology have made it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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