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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning technology make it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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