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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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