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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies 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 handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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