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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peter I Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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