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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Kentucky to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Universities want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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